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Estonia’s Budget Woes Might Outweigh Its Ukraine Zeal
A botched €70 million shell deal took Estonia's defence minister down, as debt, scandal and a hardening European mood question Tallinn's Ukraine loyalty.
BUSINESS
Estonia’s Digital Success Cannot Fix the Demographic Dread
A poll this week found two thirds of Estonians considering leaving, as births near historic lows and Russia remains the neighbour nobody forgets.
BUSINESS
Losing the Plot: Why European Farmers are in Revolt
Brussels is treating agriculture as the price of geopolitical access, but soaring costs and new trade deals are pushing farmers to an explosive breaking point.
BUSINESS
A Corridor of Speed ​​and Defense: New Connection Between Poland and the Baltics
Via Baltica opens from Warsaw to Tallinn, boosting Baltic defense, economic links, and NATO readiness amid Kaliningrad tensions.
Commodities
Estonia: A Magnet to Europe’s Independence in Rare Earth Production
Estonia opens rare earth magnet factory, a €100M EU-backed project to cut China reliance and power Europe’s EVs and wind turbines.
Popular
Germany’s Energy Transition Hits a Financial Paradox
Building enough clean power turns out to be the easy part of Germany's energy transition; making that power cheap, stable and financially viable is the harder one.
Bahrain Charts Its Own Course Through Gulf Recovery
Washington offers $5 billion for Gulf energy repairs and Bahrain builds European trade through EuroCham, giving post-war commerce two separate foundations.
Europe Wades into Another Embattled Chokepoint
Houthi gains, Ethiopian turmoil and Italian warships have turned Bab al-Mandeb into Europe's second chokepoint crisis, with refugees and diesel bills at stake.
Fico and Stubb: War Fatigue Finds a Political Voice
Russia's war in Ukraine keeps unsettling budgets, alliances and tempers across Europe, confirming how unevenly the continent shares its collective fear.
Maldives Draw Gulf Billions Into Urban Expansion
A city built partly to solve a housing shortage is now being sold to the world as a luxury destination too, and both promises have to hold at once.
